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| Thread ID: 101195 | 2009-07-04 22:10:00 | Screen resolution in Ubuntu 8.0.4 | chiefnz (545) | Press F1 |
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| 788970 | 2009-07-04 22:10:00 | I have a box with Ubuntu 8.0.4 installed on it. The system is fully updated and humming along quite nicely... except for the screen resolution which won't go higher than 800x600. I have enabled the nVidia driver but it still won't allow a higher resolution than 800x600. Can anyone give me a hand with this please? Thanks, |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 788971 | 2009-07-04 22:59:00 | Well, I dealt with Ubuntu 8.04 in the past as well, but my approach was somewhat different. I downloaded a new copy of nVIDIA driver for Ubuntu, installed it, had a few fights over it, and finally got it working. What graphic card do you have, and can you enable the "extra" effects from Appearance settings? |
LynX (14542) | ||
| 788972 | 2009-07-05 01:02:00 | Ok, can run the extra effects. I have downloaded the drive for the nVidia TNT card, but cannot install from the GUI. It throws an error saying cannot run from X server (or something similar) How do I boot into the CLI to install the driver? I know it has something to do with running an init level command but don't know where to start really. Cheers, |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 788973 | 2009-07-05 01:18:00 | Try using the nvidia tool rather than the default gnome one to change your resolution. Press Alt+F2 and run "gksu nvidia-settings" then edit your resolution and make sure you select "save to X configuration file" | ad_267 (6193) | ||
| 788974 | 2009-07-05 01:32:00 | Don't I have to install the nVidia driver 1st before I do that. I'm a little confused here? |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 788975 | 2009-07-05 02:30:00 | What the installer is saying that nVIDIA driver cannot be installed when you've got GNOME (the graphical interface like dwm . exe in Vista) . You can shut it down with something similar to this: Sudo /etc/init . d/gdm stop And start it again after you finished: sudo /etc/init . d/gdm start HINT: in case you wonder how to start the installer in command line, it is: sudo sh nvidia . run Where file nvidia . run is placed in the Home Folder . |
LynX (14542) | ||
| 788976 | 2009-07-05 02:50:00 | Ok did what you said Lynx but once in what appears to be the CLI, no matter what command I throw at it nothing works. I then used the start command to get back into the GUI. Am I missing something here. Can't I gust reboot into CLI install the drive then boot back into the GUI? cheers, |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 788977 | 2009-07-05 02:55:00 | Ok what I tried to do was run a failsafe terminal session. This is the error message I got when trying to install the nVidia driver. Error: You appear to be running an X Server; Please exit X before installing. Cheers, |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 788978 | 2009-07-05 03:48:00 | Arrrrrrrrh! I should've said that the S should NOT be a capital letter! So the code is like this: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop Thought you may pick that up, but you didn't. And I forgot to correct that... Edit: that error message tells you that the X server is still on; it has to be turned off, since some files have to be switched (it's like you can't change your graphic card when your computer is still on). If you still see modern-looking GUI things (i.e. not white texts on black, or DOS-like things), the X is probably still on. |
LynX (14542) | ||
| 788979 | 2009-07-05 04:49:00 | ok managed to get it going, I did pick up on the CAP S though :) driver installed now but I need to edit the X.conf file or something like that. will need to read a bit more. Thanks for the help... I will probably be posting a few more questions soon. Cheers, |
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